Next, the Earth List opened!
Jade-green radiance rippled outward like water, clear and translucent, illuminating every direction.
Eastern Region, Yun Clan Territory.
The square where the Spirit-Appraisal Ceremony had been held when Yun Qing first returned to the clan was now packed with people.
The younger clan members who were ineligible to participate in the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List had all gathered here to witness the grand unveiling. Their chatter rose and fell, as noisy as a pot of boiling water.
"One, ten, a hundred... I've counted a hundred and twenty-three! A hundred and twenty-three of our older brothers and sisters have already made the Earth List!"
"There, over there! Look, number thirteen hundred on the Earth List-that's Sister Yun Caiwei from the Western Ridge!"
Amid the ceaseless chatter, an adorable boy of eleven or twelve, fair as carved jade and fresh snow, strained onto his tiptoes. His round puppy eyes widened as he silently searched the rankings for familiar names.
He was Yun Qing's younger brother, Yun Shuo.
"Sister Yao, Brother Li..." he murmured, swiftly scanning the Earth List without finding them.
Yun Shuo froze for a moment, then his puppy eyes suddenly lit up, his little face flushing with excitement.
"Wow, they both made the Heaven List!!"
The silly child never even considered the possibility that either had fallen. After all, Eldest Brother was there. Making the list meant they were alive. Not on the list? Then they must have made a higher one!
"Earth List, rank three thousand and twenty: Zhao Polu (Rogue Cultivator Alliance)."
"The Rogue Cultivator Alliance again? Where's that faction from? I think they appeared on the Yellow List earlier."
Beside Yun Shuo, a slightly older boy keenly picked up on this. He was a Yun Clan child, after all; young as he